Manuscript Leaf with Saint John the Evangelist and Saint John the Baptist in an Initial M, from an Antiphonary

Master of the Riccardiana Lactantius

second half 15th century

Manuscript Leaf with Saint John the Evangelist and Saint John the Baptist in an Initial M, from an Antiphonary by Master of the Riccardiana Lactantius

Medium

Tempera, ink, and gold on parchment

Dimensions

Overall: 22 5/16 x 15 9/16 in. (56.7 x 39.6 cm) letter: 3 1/8 x 3 15/16 in. (8 x 10 cm) Mat size: 29 x 23 1/16 in. (73.6 x 58.5 cm)

Classification

Manuscripts and Illuminations

Culture

Italian

Department

Medieval Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Louis L. Lorillard, 1896, transferred from the Library

Accession Number

96.32.9

Tags

Saint John the BaptistSaint John the Evangelist

About the Artist

Master of the Riccardiana Lactantius

The Master of the Riccardiana Lactantius is an anonymous Florentine illuminator active in the second half of the fifteenth century, named for his distinctive decoration of folios in Biblioteca Riccardiana MS 544, a manuscript containing works by the early Christian author Lactantius. Little is known of his early life or training, which remains sparsely documented, though like many illuminators of ...

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